Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Dallas is one of the first major cities in the nation to implement comprehensive mandatory green building standards for both all new residential and commercial construction. Single family residential may also meet the minimum requirements of ICC 700. Lots must be designed so that at least 70% of the built environment is permeable.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 15, 2016

In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 21, 2014

The voluntary density bonus is so valuable in the suburban DC market that in the last 4 years, all but one building approved committed to LEED certification. Since the first LEED bonus density project was approved, 96 buildings have been approved by the County and of those, 56 have agreed to achieve LEED certification.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2016

The green building regulation applies to new commercial or multi-unit residential buildings or additions greater than 7,500 gsf, or alterations of more than 50% of gsf if the altered area is at least 7,500 gsf, as well as alterations to existing one and two family dwellings and additions.

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BD+C

JUNE 28, 2023

When office-to-residential conversion works 0 qpurcell Wed, 06/28/2023 - 13:29 Office Buildings The cost and design challenges involved with office-to-residential conversions can be daunting; designers need to devise creative uses to fully utilize the space.

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Help Everybody Everyday

AUGUST 27, 2013

Years ago, I found myself sitting on the DC subway with Mark Buckshon. The residential contractor will not find a lot of value in a post about bugdust in proposals. Websites about green architecture should reasonably get more traffic than websites about commissioning systems for pharmaceutical plants. So what number is enough?

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2012

Washington, DC 20417. Chatham County Commission. Horizon Residential Energy Services Maine, LLC. International Commissioning Engineers West, Inc. Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc. Commissioning WorCx. TriStar Commissioning, Inc. Take a look at the letter and please post you comments.

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